Thoughts of the Day: Accepting Your Truest Self and Success

Quotes of the Day:

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson 

What could you not accept, if you but knew that everything that happens, all events, past, present, and to come, are gently planned by One Whose only purpose is your good?

-A Course in Miracles

Success is a journey, not a destination. 

-Ben Sweetland

Congratulations on maintaining your personal journey into success today on day 21!

I hope that the last 21 days have been as self-investigative and momentous for you as they have been for me.  I thank you so much for reading, and joining me with your energy on the mental and spiritual planes!  I am so thankful for your participating and helping me to learn these lessons in a special way.

Today I want to talk about conflict.  Someone recently confessed to me something along the lines that they were scared that God's plan for them would not match up to their plan for themselves.  I also admit that these used to be the main thoughts on my mind and wondering what if God wants _____ for me or what if _____ doesn't happen for me? Well I leave you with 2 things - 1) God only wants what is TRULY perfect for you and 2) Accept that and you will open up new energies into your life, as well as release energies from your life.  Sometimes releasing is very challenging because we have attached ourselves so heavily to an object or another person, that when they are released from our life it seems like a painful loss.  Sometimes acquiring is challenging as it puts new responsibilities on our plate. Accept.  Accept what is happening, and realize that it is all for your growth, development, and ability to live at optimal level.  

As you continue to accept, your life shall unfold and you will be RIGHT in the place where your desires coincide with God's desires for  you.  WHAT A DIVINE PLACE!! In that place, you are FREE and 100% supported and able to manifest anything you want, because you know that it is beyond the ego and beyond human desires - it is what must happen, simply put.

May you all continue on your paths with LOVE and getting to know your Divine self!  

Thought for the Day: Being Compassionate

Thought for the Day:

Through compassion you find that all human beings are just like you.

- The Dalai Lama

Despite all the differences that we are taught to think that we have from one another, we are actually more alike then we are different.  Through compassion, we are able to realize that we are one in the same, and when we realize that we are one in the same, we are able to:

1) Help others with ease

2) Allow others to help us with ease

3) Realize how interconnected we are to all those around us or whom we are attracting

Each person that we encounter give us a chance to see our reflection; like attracts like.  It may be in a different form than ourselves or expressed differently but it is one in the same.  If you are attracting people who you are not crazy about, instead of wanting them to change, think about how you can change your view of them and share more love with them.  In this way, being compassionate allows us to grow closer to individuals as well as to communities and humanity.

It is often that while we grow closer to humanity in this way, that we are able to allow for our inner voice and inner desires to surface.  We are often able to see what we are able to see all the potential we have to offer to humanity and our communities.

Sometimes it may seem as though we are alone or that there is no one supporting us and our goals.  I challenge you, if you are feeling this, to support someone else (in whatever way is relevant to you - pray for someone, donate to someone's cause, etc).  As you support others, you will feel the support from others in a mental and physical way.  Today, if you are feeling that there is something lacking in your life (love, opportunity, etc), give it! Give your love to someone, give an opportunity to someone...etc.  What we give returns to us multifold.

As you continue to make your affirmations today, think about what you are doing and how what you are affirming and manifesting is helping humanity in ANY way!  As you see how it is helpful, you will see that it is happening and supported by the Universe!

Thought of the The Day: Receiving

Thought of the Day:

Breathe.Believe.Recieve

It's All Happening

- Papaya Art Print

I believe the best way to receive is to release the need to control.  There are so many things including time, people, and other tangible and intangible objects that are simply not in our control.  When you accept that all is happening for a reason and trust that the way that life is turning out is for THE BEST, you release control.  

Releasing control is often one of the most challenging lessons for anyone to learn.  Often time, our body will face a physical dis-ease to remind us to let go and force us to physically let go.  Last year I had a surgery performed on my right hand.  I realized that this accident that caused the surgery occurred for multiple reasons, and one of them being a sign and message for me to let go.  As a person who is right hand dominant, not having the same access to my beloved right hand forced me to let go and pause in many ways.  There were simply things that I had no power to control.  

As I let go, I also LET IN.  I allowed for my beloved friends and family to help me, and the kindest moment being my dear sisterfriend  washing my hair for me (that was something else I could not do).  While allowing myself to let go, I was able to let others in and allow myself to receive some true blessings and memorable treasures and valuable lessons.

Affirm today:  I allow the Universe to unravel perfectly.  I am at peace with the Universe.  I am the Universe.

Trust that all is happening perfectly, and you shall receive a bliss that will continue to grow and develop and turn into all of your dreams and goals!

Thought of the Day: Walking By Faith

Thought of the Day:

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

- 2 Corinthians 5:7

Have you ever been to Antarctica?  Most likely the answer is no.  Yet do you believe that it exists? Most likely the answer in yes.

Do no be discouraged if you are not able to physically see some of the manifestations that you have been affirming and working towards.  Don't you know that the physical eye is limited, and does not always see EVERYTHING.  How many times have you been searching for your keys or your wallet, could not see it, but yet it was right in front of you?

Similarly, you may think that you cannot see your physical manifestations, but yet they ARE right in front of you.  They may be in a form that you are not yet able to recognize as  your manifestation, or that your physical eye may not be able to see.  The physical eye is limited only to things that the mind believes as true.  In fact, your physical eye may be narrowing in on something tiny that when magnified, appears larger than it is.  Do not be moved by challenges that only seem big because your are narrowing in on them, making them appear larger than they actually are.  Do not be moved by these challenges, for they are only potentials for your growth!

There are so many things that we cannot physically see.  We don't see the cells in our body, but we know that they are busy working, multiplying and healing.  We don't see our bones and internal organs but we know they are vital and we must take care of them.  Treat your manifestations and your goals in this same way.  Even though you may not have physical proof for the eye of your goals and dreams being in existence RIGHT NOW, does not mean that they are not existing!!!  They are just as alive as anything you can or cannot see.

Hold on tight to your faith and to your belief and stand in that faith, even when feeling discouraged, walk by faith and not by sight!

Thought of the Day: The Mental Garden

Thought Of the Day:

Cultivate the garden within.

- Proverb

We are all growing a garden in our minds.  Imagine that every single thought that you have is a seed.  And with nutrients and energy and positive people and encouragement, those seeds are planted and then grow into a flower or a field or an orchard in the physical world.  However when the seed that you plant is not taking to the ground which you planted it in, it may be time to re-examine the soil which you are planting it in.  It may not be a problem with the seed, in fact, it may be that the soil is dry and has not been tilled.  

What kind of soil are you keeping within?  Are you tilling your soils and weeding it regularly?

Similar to an actual garden, the mental garden will sometimes grow weeds.  These weeds can grow tall and sometimes overpower the other plants in the garden.  Weeds will suck nutrients from the soil and potentially starve the other plants.

Weeds are apart of nature and are going to grow, but it is up to us to determine how far we will let them grow, or if we will uproot them as soon as we see a sign of one.

Today take care of your mental and spiritual garden.  Uproot any weeds or undesirable thoughts that are trying to make a permanent stay in your mind and in your life.  Give value to the thoughts that you are actively planting and make room for them to grow strong and healthy roots to produce a ripe and delicious crop!

Day 16: True Gratitude

Thoughts Of the Day:

Fake it till you make it.

-Unknown 

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Brian Tracy

Now that you have been practicing your affirmations, reflect on your attitude.  Has affirming and being committed to your faith in your ability to manifest created a new sort of attitude or has it enhanced your existing attitude?

*How would you act right now if everything that you have affirmed and prayed for was 100% present in the physical world?*

Well that is how you should be acting and feeling right now!  You should be feeling whatever way you would feel.  

If you truly believe in the your words and what you have been working towards, then you may have experienced an attitude adjustment over the last 16 days.  What does it mean to truly believe in your words?  It means that you are so faithful in them that you already KNOW that you have manifested everything that you affirmed as soon as you opened your mouth!  How could belief adjust your attitude?  Well because you are believing so strongly, you are in a state of deep and unconditional gratitude, therefore constantly always in a good mood full of joy because you are acting in the same way you would act when all your manifestations occur.  You must be oozing gratitude out so much that you are smiling and rejoicing in every arena that you step into.

Faking it till you make it is part of our everyday lexicon, but what it really means is to walk with gratitude.  Know that you have already made it and give thanks to those who have helped you, encouraged you, and taught you the lessons that you needed!  When you give thanks, you are acknowledging the receipt of an action or a thing, so BEGIN GIVING THANKS AND ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR RECEIPT NOW!  Thank all that surrounds you - people and things!

As you find yourself dwelling in this state of gratitude more and more, you will find that:

1) It is impossible for anything to steal your joy.

2) That you are truly empowered to steer your life.

3) That an attitude of gratitude attracts more moments in life to be thankful for.

Thank you all for reading this and participating and contributing your energies to this plane of thought and for truly changing the world through your thoughts!

Thought of the Day: The Force of Love

Thought of the Day:

Love is the Force that Gets Things Done.

-Inez Singletary

Lately I have been thinking a lot about time, and I confess that one of the challenges that I deal with regularly is being present and patient, and allowing the NOW or today to speak for itself and provide for itself, rather than to let anxieties about the future ruin or disturb the equilibrium of the now.

I love the quote above and I reference it constantly to myself and to others.  Sometimes we think that it is physical objects like money or people who make things happen, but what is behind those physical objects that are appearing to move things?  What is truly the force that produces success, happiness, miracles, great opportunities, and everything else?  I propose that it is love, and that it is love that truly makes all things happen.    Miracles happen out of love, and people open up because of love, and so on and so forth.

Where we are today, as happy, is through love.

Nothing positive or momentous has ever happened in this world without some love.  Without love, there is nothing, there is stagnancy, there is fear, there is anger, there is scarcity.  So if you are experiencing any of these nouns, I challenge you to add more love into the equation in whatever way is comfortable and makes sense for you.  Be the force to help and encourage all those who are around you.  Let yourself give love.  It is free!  

"Peace begins with a smile" - Mother Theresa, let it start with you!